M. Caldwell Butler

Manley Caldwell Butler (2 June 1925-29 July 2014) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-VA 6) from 7 November 1972 to 3 January 1983, succeeding Richard H. Poff and preceding Jim Olin.

Biography
Manley Caldwell Butler was born in Roanoke, Virginia on 2 June 1925, the great-grandson of Confederate general James A. Walker, and he served as a US Navy ensign during World War II before becoming a lawyer in 1950. In 1961, he became the first Republican member of the House of Delegates to represent Roanoke since 1901, and, during his tenure from 1962 to 1971, he fought against political corruption and revitalized a two-party system as the Byrd family's Democratic political machine collapsed. Butler went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1972 to 1983, winning election due to Richard Nixon's wave of support across the country. However, he was among the "Unholy Alliance" of six Republicans and three Southern Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee who voted in favor of impeachment proceedings against Nixon in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, and his courage led to his re-election by a landslide in 1974, a year in which many Republican congressmen lost their seats due to voter anger over Watergate. Butler retired in 1982 and resumed his law practice, and he died in 2014 at the age of 89.